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McCain makes final Western swing on Election Day

Nov. 4, 2008
Looking for a way to get to 270 electoral votes, Sen. John McCain is making one last campaign swing on Election Day.
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Electoral College begins its work

Electoral College begins its work

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Winning the popular vote in the presidential election has ended for U.S. President-elect Barack Obama; now the Electoral College takes the stage.
Missouri's presidential outcome undecided

Missouri's presidential outcome undecided

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- More than a week after the U.S. presidential election, Missouri remains the only state not to have declared an Electoral College winner.
Barack Obama: U.S. president-elect

Barack Obama: U.S. president-elect

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
Keystone State breaks Obama's way

Keystone State breaks Obama's way

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain's gamble on trying to wrest Pennsylvania's electoral votes from the Democrats didn't work Tuesday as the state went Sen. Barack Obama's way.

Poll: Obama ahead in 3 key swing states

HAMDEN, Conn., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain continues to trail Sen. Barack Obama in Ohio and Pennsylvania, while closing the gap in Florida, a poll released Thursday indicates.

Report: McCain dropping 'swing state' plan

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Campaigners for Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain have switched from playing swing-state "offense" to "defense" of GOP strongholds, sources say.

Virginia seen as a battleground state

NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Some political observers say they wonder if Virginia, which has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1964, could be a swing state this year.

Poll: Missouri voters leaning toward Obama

ST. LOUIS, July 12 (UPI) -- A poll of 800 voters in Missouri indicates presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may win the electoral swing-state.

Survey: 'toss-up' states election key

WASHIINGTON, D.C., June 27 (UPI) -- The outcome of the 2008 presidential election race is likely to hinge on a half-dozen hotly contested battleground states, a survey indicates.

Poll: Clinton wins = 300 electoral votes

PRINCETON, N.J., May 28 (UPI) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton averages a 7-percentage point lead over Sen. John McCain in the 20 states where she claimed victory, a Gallup poll indicated Wednesday.

U.S. presidential race seen unconventional

WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The perception of a clear partisan makeup of the electoral map of the United States could get upended in this presidential election, analysts say.

Brownback tosses support to McCain

DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- One-time presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, Wednesday endorsed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for the Republican presidential nomination.

House Dems to challenge Ohio electoral vote

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A group of House Democrats hope to disrupt an effort Thursday for Congress to officially tally the Nov. 2 presidential election results.

Polls show Kerry ahead on electoral vote

WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- An analysis of statewide presidential polls published Friday by The Hotline shows Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., ahead in the electoral college.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch